Since this site lacks an 'About' page currently, below are the results to a music survey that I was asked to complete. Consider it an introduction.
1. Top 5 Favorite Album Cover Art?
1. New Order "Power, Corruption, And Lies"
2. Belle and Sebastian "3..6..9.. Seconds of Light"
3. The Smiths "The Smiths"
4. Blueboy "If Wishes Were Horses"
5. Saint Etienne "Foxbase Alpha"
2. What albums(s) do you own in more than one format?
Only the albums that were worthwhile enough to bridge the sea change from from cassette to compact disc. In that case, the Go-Betweens, the Smiths, the Jam. Also, my music collection now resides with another so mulit-format doubles abound: Tracey Thorn, Belle and Sebastian, Carole King, etc.
(All the good stuff is on the iPod anyway).
3. Analog or Digital?
I do like the warm sound that vinyl produces but digital music is just more convenient. I saw a portable LP player in some store and dreamed of listening to old albums on a screen porch on hot summer evenings while drinking lime rickeys. None of that has happened yet.
4. Which albums have you eaten?
No idea what that means.
5. What albums of your parents did you borrow or steal?
My parents' stereo broke when I was little so no one played music in the house until I was twelve (which is strange in hindsight since my mother is a musician). But my father made up for lost time with a CD habit greater than my own. I have borrowed from him Sam Phillips' "Fan Dance" and "Martinis & Bikinis", Ute Lemper, Erik Satie...
6. Secret guilty pleasure album?
Buffy The Vampire Slayer "Once More With Feeling" soundtrack
Kylie, Britney, whatnot.
7. Favorite movie soundtrack?
"A Charlie Brown Christmas" Vince Guaraldi
"The Royal Tenenbaums"
"Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls"
"Drowning By Numbers" Michael Nyman
(yes, two of those are from television shows)
8. Favorite compilation album?
Is this different than the above?
9. What do you drink when you listen to music?
Depending on the locale: diet coke, water, tea, beer, wine. But mostly water.
10. Top 3 on your wishlist
1. The Decemberists "Her Majesty The Decemberists"
2. Jackie DeShannon "The Best of Jackie DeShannon"
3. The Byrds "Sweetheart of the Rodeo"
11. Favorite place to buy music?
Amazon.com because used is good enough for me (most of the time). Other Music in NYC.
12. First concert?
The Spinanes. Or God Is My Co-Pilot. That depends on interpretation of 'first'.
13. Best concert ever?
Nancy Sinatra.
14. Favorite venue?
Something with seating.
15. Farthest you've traveled for a show?
Across the Atlantic.
16. Favorite crooners?
Dusty Springfield, Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, Patsy Cline.
17. Favorite musical decade?
Ten random years is a stupid way to group music.
18. Favorite label?
Sarah Records.
19. You're the DJ at a small party of close friends. What do you play?
Pet Shop Boys, Sugababes, Saint Etienne "Casino Classics", something with the beat going.
20. What do you listen to when you are getting ready to go out on the town?
NPR (excellent for gaining tidbits of knowledge to fill awkward conversation lulls)
21. Favorite cover song?
Kirsty MacColl singing Billy Bragg's "A New England"
22. One hit wonder?
Who? Me?
24. Favorite box set?
Dusty Springfield "Anthology"
Nick Drake "Fruit Tree"
25. How do you usually discover new music?
Often a band is asked their influences. Often, listening to those influences, you'll find a better band.
26. Best road trip sing-along album?
I was told not to sing in the car by an unhappy occupant.
27. What are your desert island top 5 records
1. Velvet Underground "Velvet Underground with Nico"
2. Tracey Thorn "A Distant Shore"
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Since I don't ever plan to be on a desert island, I really don't think in terms like this.
